Didymos forms part of a binary system with the smaller asteroid Dimorphos.

Carole Mundell, ESA's director of science, says she is looking for a "very modest" budget increase at the 20205 ministerial. Credit: ESA/P. Sebirot WASHINGTON — The head of ESA’s science programs says ...

The European Space Agency’s CryoSat-2, a satellite built to measure polar ice thickness, recorded detailed magnetic field distortions during a severe geomagnetic storm, producing data that ESA says ...

“Science isn’t finished until it’s communicated.” ~ Sir Mark Walport, UK Government Chief Scientific Adviser. As we continue to face extreme stress from changes in climate and related environmental ...

After more than a decade of scanning the stars, the European Space Agency's (ESA) Gaia spacecraft has officially gone silent. The Gaia shutdown marks the end of a groundbreaking mission but not the ...

ESA Executive Director Catherine O’Riordan on the Hill Oct. 6, 2025 with American Geophysical Union President Brandon Jones. AGU was a fellow partner organization for the Day of Action. On Monday, Oct ...

The stunning “first piece” of a map detailing the greater universe, taken by the super-powered Euclid space telescope, has finally been unearthed in “pristine detail.” Filled with over 1 million ...

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In 2029, a massive asteroid called Apophis is expected to whizz close to Earth. So close, in fact, that it will come within one tenth of the distance between the Earth and Moon. Now, the European ...

Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London. Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and ...

The Ariane 6 rocket promises to be Europe’s newest portal into space. On Tuesday, the rocket successfully reached orbit for the first time, taking off from Europe's Spaceport in northeastern South ...